For climbers
You manage risk
better than anyone.
Systems, redundancy, checks. GME ACTION is the same discipline applied to what happens after an accident — coordinated medical transportation and travel-related benefits.
Medical transportation membership. Not health insurance.
Serious member benefits. Surprisingly affordable.
Preparation
Redundancy is your religion.
- Partner checks.
- Backed-up anchors.
- Rated gear.
- Helmets.
- Bail kit.
- Weather window.
- Descent plan.
- A time you'll be back.
One system with no backup.
You build redundancy into everything except getting out of the canyon and getting home. Membership is that backup.
See Membership OptionsThe scenario
Four pitches up. Deep in a canyon.
A hold blows.A ground fall onto the ledge.Your partner is alone with it.
Climbing accidents combine vertical terrain, remote approaches and serious injury patterns — the hardest combination for any transport system.
- Technical rescue off the wall
- The approach hike, in reverse, with a patient
- Air transport from a canyon
- Trauma-center transfer
- Hospitalization far from home
- Your partner, your vehicle, your gear
- The trip home
GME ACTION is designed to provide eligible members with medical transportation and related assistance benefits when situations like this occur, subject to the Member Agreement.
You planned the descent.
Plan the evacuation too.
Member benefits
What membership gives climbers
A 24/7 line and coordination of eligible transportation once you're off the wall.
Emergency air transportation
For eligible situations requiring medically appropriate air transportation.
Helicopter transportation
Applicable emergency helicopter transportation benefits, subject to program terms and circumstances.
Ground ambulance transportation
Eligible ground medical transportation when applicable.
Medical repatriation
Assistance with eligible medical transportation when hospitalized away from home and transportation is medically appropriate.
Return transportation
Applicable assistance with getting the member back home following an eligible medical situation.
Visitor / escort transportation
Applicable travel-related benefits for an eligible visitor or escort where program conditions are satisfied.
Vehicle return
Applicable assistance related to returning a member's vehicle following an eligible event.
Pet return
Applicable assistance related to a member's pet when program requirements are met.
Benefits are subject to eligibility, terms, conditions, limitations, geographic requirements, and the GME ACTION Member Agreement. Eligible event and competition participation is subject to membership terms; professional, paid, sponsored or specially sanctioned participation may require additional disclosure or approval.
Built for climbing
How you actually climb
Sport, trad, alpine and bouldering are all part of what the program was designed around.
Participation in an activity is not automatically disqualifying solely because the activity involves inherent risk.
Eligibility and benefits remain subject to the GME ACTION Member Agreement and any applicable participation requirements. Eligible event and competition participation is subject to membership terms, and professional, paid, sponsored or specially sanctioned participation may require additional approval, conditions or disclosure — contact us before joining so we can confirm what applies to you.
The difference
This is not health insurance.
It does something different.
Health insurance
Generally helps address:
- Doctors
- Hospitals
- Treatment
- Medical procedures
- Healthcare expenses
GME ACTION
Focuses on eligible:
- Medical transportation
- Emergency transportation
- Transportation assistance
- Repatriation
- Return transportation
- Travel-related assistance benefits
GME ACTION is designed to complement your existing preparation — not replace health insurance.
Transportation risk
Vertical terrain makes transport specialized
Technical rescue, long-line helicopter operations and remote transfers are all costly — and all common in climbing accidents.
Average air-ambulance charges vary widely by distance, aircraft and region; figures cited are based on publicly reported U.S. billing data and are illustrative only.
Get GME ACTIONMembership
Serious member benefits.
Surprisingly affordable.
A rack, a rope and one climbing trip already cost more than a year of membership.
Solo riders & racers
Monthly
Billed monthly
~$1.63/day for protection
- Emergency transport coverage
- 24/7/365 service
- Nationwide + global
Annual
Billed yearly
~$1.23/day for protection
- Emergency transport coverage
- 24/7/365 service
- Nationwide + global
Membership
Individual — Annual
Charged today
$450
Payments
One payment
Total
$450/year
This GME ACTION membership payment costs 1.3% of one average $36,000 air-ambulance bill.
Full refund within 14 days of purchase if no transport benefit has been used. Membership is not insurance. International travel requirements may apply.
Who it's for
Who joins
Sport climbers
For climbers at crags most weekends of the season.
Trad climbers
For climbers placing their own gear on long routes.
Alpinists
For climbers on remote, high, committing objectives.
Boulderers
For climbers taking repeated falls onto pads far from roads.
Ice climbers
For climbers in winter terrain with limited access.
Climbing travelers
For climbers taking trips to destinations abroad.
How it works
Simple by design.
Join
Choose the GME ACTION membership that fits you or your family.
We coordinate transport once you're off the wall
Our team arranges eligible transportation to an appropriate facility and home when medically appropriate.
Use your member benefits when eligible
If an eligible event occurs, follow the assistance procedures provided with your membership.
In a life-threatening emergency, always contact 911 or the appropriate local emergency services first. Member assistance is coordinated through the 24/7 dispatch line at 1-833-GET-MVAC.
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Climb Day Plan
For sport, trad, bouldering and multi-pitch days.
The distance problem
A vertical rescue is a technical operation before a medical one, and crags are rarely roadside.
Worth knowing
- Ground falls and lowering errors cause more serious injuries than dramatic lead falls.
- Multi-pitch means a rescue team has to reach you before transport is even discussed.
Not just when you're riding.
Benefits apply to a qualifying serious illness or injury, not only to injuries that happen during your sport.
FAQ
Climbing questions.
Straight answers.
Build in redundancy.
All the way to the hospital.
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Enroll in minutes and climb with the backup in place.
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GME ACTION is a membership program and is not health insurance. Member benefits are subject to applicable eligibility requirements, terms, conditions, limitations, geographic requirements, and the GME ACTION Member Agreement.